Rahul Ravindran is an actor’s director: Ruhani Sharma

Solan-born model Ruhani Sharma is making her Telugu debut opposite Sushanth in Chi La Sow.
Ruhani Sharma (Photo | Facebook)
Ruhani Sharma (Photo | Facebook)

Solan-born model Ruhani Sharma is making her Telugu debut opposite Sushanth in Chi La Sow. The actor, who has a degree in public administration under her belt and has taken up modeling full time, says, “Director Rahul Ravindran saw my pictures on Instagram and approached me for this role. They were impressed with the adverts I was part of and selected me for this role through audition.”

Chi La Sow is a film about the lives of city-bred youngsters and the entire story happens in a day. Ruhani just can’t stop gushing about her role in the film and says, “I will be seen as an independent, traditional girl, who is calm and inexpressive by nature. She gets emotionally attached to a guy. This role has given me ample scope to perform and I believe I did my best. The people, who saw the film, have immensely liked my character and I’m excited to see the audience reaction post-release.”

Although it’s her debut film, Ruhani didn’t shy away from dubbing her own lines in the film. “I watched a lot of south Indian films in the past and I’m quite familiar with the emotional quotient these films offer. Recently, I happened to watch all the films of actor Nani and slowly started picking up my language,” she reveals.

Incidentally, the movie also marks the debut of Rahul Ravindran as the director. Asked about how he was on the sets, the starlet says, “He’s a tough taskmaster and an actor’s director. He was extremely calm and he really knows what he wants from his actors and he concentrated a lot on our performances. He would go through things in-depth and also, he, being an actor is completely focused on how our performances should turn out and how real it feels on screen.”

Ruhani also reveals that her co-star Sushanth and she discussed a lot about cinema while working for this film.  “Sushanth has been really supportive and it’s been an absolute pleasure to work with such a beautiful team.”

Interestingly, Ruhani’s ‘Ranbir Kapoor’ dialogue from the film that goes Prathi okkadiki Katrina Kaif kavali, but evadu Ranbir Kapoor la undadu (Every guy wants Katrina Kaif, but not one of them looks like Ranbir Kapoor) has struck a chord with the audience and celebrities alike. Actor Rakul Preet Singh’s dub smash of this dialogue has gone viral on social media.

Sharing her joy over the response those lines have received, Ruhani recalls, “It’s completely relatable as every girl dreams someone like Ranbir Kapoor to be her boyfriend. The way things lead to that scene will leave the audience in splits.”

— Murali Krishna CH
muralikrishna.db@newindianexpress
@onlymurali

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